This three-hour intensive workshop will explore drawing as an improvisational technique, opening avenues to new ways of interpreting form, color, and composition that go beyond direct representation. By exploring accidental imagery found in spontaneous and unplanned abstraction, participants will not only find new means of visual expression, but also tap into a sense of play […]
This month, Poster Kids will focus on the museum’s latest exhibition Made in Japan: 20th-Century Poster Art. We will learn to identify popular motifs in both traditional Japanese and modern Western design. Afterward, we will create our own artwork using themes from both aesthetics. Join Poster House on select Sunday mornings from 10:30am–12pm for a […]
Join Poster House and the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library for a brief verbal description tour of the museum's 2020 exhibition, The Swiss Grid. This show explored how design schools in Switzerland helped define a global modern, clean aesthetic through the use of grid systems. Afterward, you will create your own tactile posters […]
“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.”––Angela Davis In honor of Women's History Month, Poster House is pleased to welcome Eesha Pandit and Robin Boylorn of the Crunk Feminist Collective to discuss the long-standing impact of a Black feminist […]
Members are invited to not one, but two back-to-back curatorial tours of our latest hallway exhibitions, Schoolgirls at War: French Propaganda Posters from World War I and With My Little Eye: Warnings for the Homefront. Starting upstairs, Chief Curator Angelina Lippert will introduce guests to France's largest all-female rationing campaign from World War I, exploring how children were used to create […]
Join Poster House on the First Friday of every month for free admission and extended hours! Explore the museum’s latest exhibitions and get in on the fun by attending a tour, workshop, performance, or activity throughout the day. Every First Friday is different, offering unique opportunities to engage with rotating exhibitions and the permanent collection. […]
Teens are invited to a special a back-to-back PH x Teens event! In partnership with the Young Lordes Collective, PH x Teens invites you to a zine making workshop. The YLC will facilitate a discussion about the use of posters/pamphlets/other printable media in activism. After discussion, teens will make a zine about something that they […]
Teens are invited to a special a back-to-back PH x Teens event! Inspired by Satō Kochi’s Five Seasons (1988), teens are invited to learn how to write a haiku using watercolor and calligraphy. Participants will take home a finished artwork, and are encouraged to explore the exhibition Made in Japan: 20th-Century Poster Art. PH x […]
Every month, Poster House offers virtual Vibrant Verbal Description Tours specifically for community members who are blind or have low vision. In order to reach a wide, art-loving audience around the world, we offer our description tours online through Zoom. These tours are led by our Chief Curator, allowing you intimate access to the items […]
Join AIGA NY for a dynamic conversation with the authors of Milton Glaser: POP, a landmark overview of the work of legendary illustrator and designer Milton Glaser during the 1960s and ’70s, which includes hundreds of examples of Glaser’s work from this quintessential period that have not been seen since their original publication. This conversation […]